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i surrender, all to you, all to you, My God!
i lay down my life, all i am, all i will be.
i live to worship you, to demonstrate you, to shine for you, to live for you, to know you.
you are worthy, of all. all. all.
i surrender.
i give you all my life. all. all.
you are worthy.
God
you are worthy of worship
of being exalted
i stand in awe
of who you are and all you do
that you who created the universe and hold it in your hand
think of me
and made a way that i can know you
holy you
i exalt you for all you are and all you do and all in all
holy one, God almighty, reigning king, glorius saviour
listening to: well surprize suprize i am still listening to Jesus Culture and Hillsong – added a dash of John Mayer in the other day just for fun 
) i’ve also being perusing the wonderful youtube at some pearl jam songs… i love pearl jam and loved them esp when i was 15-16 when they first came out and when i wasnt a christian. i am really influenced heart wise by music, music speaks to me and so i am very selective as to waht i listen to now. about a year after becoming a christian i stopped listening to non christian music and mostly listen to worship. its hard to explain. but it works for me. but every now and then i like a walk now the memory music lane. also found an awesome youtube song of U2…. is like a worship song and where the streets have no name. way cool.
watching on the box: well there isnt much on tv i really watch at the moment. one family favourite is Masterchef Australia – my kids, bless them, love cooking shows. is it a sign for the future? but they just adore them. so over dinner we sit and watch Masterchef – sounds like the antithesis of family bonding but for us it works and is sheer entertainment. and we do experiment in the kitchen a bit together now. the kids do suggest some interesting combinations though – ham and jam piklets? hmmmm
today: is freezing so we’re snuggled up in the lounge with the heater on reading and drawing and doing things like that – well most of us – Caleb is out at MOTAT having an adventure with his grandparents. its been school holidays and this holiday the grandparents decided to have individual date with the kids. Evangeline went to Dora at the movies and then a playdate with her cousin and caleb is at the transport museum. but it is cold cold cold weather! not very springish at all!
tonight: i’m off to hang with some of my mates/young adults from church to have a sing star night. will be fun. entertaining. i may sing. or may not. will depend on the mood ) and how much cola and chocolate i consume!
this week past: has been second week of school hols and we had a lovely week at home, mostly because it rained all day every day! we did escape to watch UP at the movies on tuesday, so lovely movie. almost shed a tear about ellie. beautifully made and visually stunning. the $2 shop is our friend. the kids also built a clubhouse in our lounge, a contained clubhosue whch we’ll just leave there for a while. no adults allowed there. on friday we had one of my lovely young adult friends around to watch barbie and the 3 musketeers with evangeline and caleb. evangeline loves this friend of mine. and she loves my kids which is lovely. i made cupcakes and had individual bags of lollies and popcorn for the kids and my friend. was super cute ) also impressed with my son who is 7 who INSISTED that i stay in bed a little bit longer so he can get up and make breakfast. bless him!
this week coming: school and kindy goes back. which is good in a way, some me time, but will be sad because i actually do enjoy spending time with my kids and the more relaxed pace of life. will also have my first monday NOT doing mainly music – i am instead doing a full morning with our prayer/bible study group that meets at church – a time of worship and prayer and bible study and sharing. there are only about 5 of us including our pastor.
reading: the bone people by keri hulme – a kiwi author – i read this book in high school and loved it, was moved by it, and so its been too long since i’ve read it… i picked it up at a 2nd hand book sale at the local school…
in the bible: genesis, job, jeremiah, mark with a bit of joshua, psalms and a proverb thrown in.
eaten: well tonight i’m making homemade chicken burgers, with ham and capisicums and tomatoes
moved by: God, to pray, for a move of God.
looking forward to: our pastors are coming to speak at housegroup sometime soon on a secret topic (secret from our people, but discussed by us and our pastors), preaching on who is God in early november, animal day at mainly music on the 19th….
in the garden: our orchids are flowering. my husband brought me the plants when evangeline was born. we’ve never had floweres. we’ve seperated the blubs/plants into 3 pots on our deck and this year all 3 are flowering. its glorious! i am so not gifted in the garden!
we are called to be the light of the world, to burn alight for Jesus, to shine his love and grace to those around us, to be like a candle in a dark room illuminating the truth of who God is.
Jesus IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD and he is the one who calls us to be lights in teh world, shining like stars in a corrupt generation. he passes the mission onto us. as he shines so we should shine. as he revealed the Father so we should reveal the Father.
be burning for God.
Burning Ones
(Chris Quilala, Jesus Culture)
Here inside Your presence,
I’m taken by the wonder of You
Here inside Your glory,
we give our lives fully to You
And we cry Holy, Holy are You
We cry Holy, Holy are You
Your Love it burns inside,
Our hearts are satisfied by You
Your Love is all we want,
is why we ask for more of You
Holy, Holy are You
Our hearts are burning, burning for You
We are Your burning ones,
We are consumed by You
We set our lives apart,
We are consumed by You
So let this light be like a fire, Let our light be like a flame
Fill our souls with Your desire, Let our passion bring You fame
So let this love be like a fire, Let our lives be like a flame
Fill our souls with Your desire, Let our passion bring You fame
i cant even comprehend the beauty and amazingness of heaven.
i like how John, the apostle, in revelation, says it is “like a rainbow, like a sea of glass”, like. out of this world.
it is where face to face we will worship God.
He and the Lamb will be seated there on their thrones, and its people will worship God 4and will see him face to face. God’s name will be written on the foreheads of the people. 5Never again will night appear, and no one who lives there will ever need a lamp or the sun. The Lord God will be their light, and they will rule forever. Revelation 22:4-5
heaven. our home. where our Father is. where we belong.
but there is one way there, one road, one access point, one only.
Jesus said to his disciples, “Don’t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me. 2There are many rooms in my Father’s house. I wouldn’t tell you this, unless it was true. I am going there to prepare a place for each of you. 3After I have done this, I will come back and take you with me. Then we will be together. 4You know the way to where I am going.” 5Thomas said, “Lord, we don’t even know where you are going! How can we know the way?” 6“I am the way, the truth, and the life!” Jesus answered. “Without me, no one can go to the Father. John 14:1-6
if you drove out of your driveway today and got hit by a double decker bus would you open your eyes to see heaven and hear God our Father say “welcome, you belong here with me”?
consider that.
Do you know where you are going? Both in this life and for eternity…. There is only one name, one way by which we can be saved, by which we can have relationship with God, by which we can enter heaven… and that is the name of Jesus, the Way of Jesus, believing in Jesus, in his death, resurrection. One Way. Only One Way. The narrow way of the cross. The glorious way. The right way. The way of peace and security that the love of God gives. I pray you will walk this way and find Jesus.
Then everyone who has faith in the Son of Man will have eternal life. John 3:15
God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. John 3:16
I tell you for certain that everyone who has faith in me has eternal life. John 6:47
you want to spend eternity in heaven with God. eternity is a long time.
we can draw near to God and belong in heaven for one qualification only – that we are acceptable to him by faith in Jesus. that we are clean because of Jesus. that we are forgiven because of Jesus. that we are holy and righteous because of Jesus. not of our own strength and will and goodness, but only by teh sacrifice of Jesus.
just as the angel of death passed over the houses of the israelites that had blood painted on the doorposts, so we are painted with the blood of jesus.
We are not our own? For we were bought at a price ; we were rescued from the useless way of life that we learned from your ancestors. But we know that we were not rescued by such things as silver or gold that don’t last forever. we were rescued by the precious blood of Christ, that spotless and innocent lamb ; so it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
1 Peter 1:19, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Galatians 2:20
heaven is real. heaven is amazing. be there.
Your love can melt the hardest heart
Your words can bring the dead to life
Nothing is impossibe for You
Awesome God, Humble king
You terrify yet welcome in
Your glory echoes all around the world
In the Heavens on the Earth
There is no one like You god
And these words are not enough
To tell of who You are
Who can know the mind of God?
Who can understand Your ways?
And these words are not enough
To tell of Your great name
You, You, You
There’s always You, You, You
Unbreakable
Unshakable
Unbeatable
You, You, You
There’s always You, You, You
Take the world
But give me You
Lord Jesus You
today i heard this song for the first time… awesome lyrics. awesome lyrics. awesome Jesus that it is about.
today i’ve been thinking lots about Jesus.
he is the same today as yesterday and will be tomorrow.
i’m so glad hes real, but its more than that.
real isnt the right word.
he’s historically real. though we cant see him now he is alive and interactive and working and riegning and loving and powerful.
jesus.
you.
saviour.
listening to: the new Jesus Culture album – consumed. very good. very good. being making a playlist on my stero of that and their earlier album we cry out as a springboard for worship and prayer.
on tv: watched Eagle Eye on dvd the other day. really enjoyed that. also watched Curly Top, old shirley temple movie, and so enjoyed that ) super cute. black and white.
reading: just finsihed a breath of snow and ashes by diana galbadon, and so between books.
in the word: reading jeremiah, genesis, job and matthew
weather: spring has sprung!
excited by: our young adults church, what God is doing and growing – there were 2 non chrsitians there on sunday night when i preached, and my hsuband got to come too for the first time, maybe the first time in real life hearing me preach too (he ususally listens to the cds, and when i did the preaching course, watched my vids…) but was way cool to have him there!
enjoying: getting my washing dry outside (small things!), encouragement, worship, inspiration, laughing, pizza, mac and cheese
looking forward to: hanging out with an old friend and new new baby this week, housegroup tongiht, telling my son he is starting tennis soon, wearing my new jumper today, speaking on end times at the end of hte month
challenged by: that those that spend time with God know him and are strong and do exploits – is holiness and anointing cumulative? does it grow by time spent with God? and if so then why are we not hungering for it and doing it? time to lay our lives down and seek God!
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